公开(公告)号：US20230309249A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18160784

申请日：2023-01-27

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Yalu Liu ,  Daisuke Takahashi ,  Tetsuya Sano

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/02

CPC classification number: H05K5/0226 ,  G06F1/1616

Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a first chassis member, a second chassis member adjacent to the first chassis member, and a hinge device that relatively rotatably connects the first chassis member and the second chassis member between a 0-degree posture and a 180-degree posture The adjacent end portion of the first chassis member is provided with a stopper projection that comes into contact with the adjacent end portion of the second chassis member in the 180-degree posture. The stopper projection is provided near a center of a thickness W of the first chassis member in the adjacent end portion the first chassis member.

公开(公告)号：US20240211000A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18469830

申请日：2023-09-19

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Yalu Liu ,  Takayuki Morino ,  Daisuke Takahashi ,  Keita Suzuki

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1681

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a hinge device that connects a first chassis member and a second chassis member to be relatively rotatable, a rear cover component that is disposed to fill a space between a first end portion of the first chassis member and a second end portion of the second chassis member separated from each other in a first posture, and a sheet member that has flexibility, is provided to straddle between the rear cover component and an inner surface of the first chassis member and an inner surface of the second chassis member, and covers a gap between the rear cover component and the first end portion and a gap between the rear cover component and the second end portion.

公开(公告)号：US20230305602A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18174655

申请日：2023-02-27

Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Tabito Miyamoto ,  Yalu Liu ,  Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Takayuki Morino

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1652

Abstract: The electronic apparatus includes a first chassis equipped with a first electronic component, a second chassis equipped with a second electronic component, a hinge device that relatively rotatably connects the first chassis and the second chassis, and a flexible board provided over the first chassis and the second chassis and connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The flexible board has a first folded portion and a second folded portion that are disposed in order and curved in opposite directions to each other in the first chassis.

公开(公告)号：US20240211004A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18508451

申请日：2023-11-14

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Takayuki Morino ,  Yalu Liu ,  Daisuke Takahashi

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1681

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes the first chassis and the second chassis which are relatively and rotatably connected, a flexible board provided astride between the first chassis and the second chassis, and a graphite sheet stacked on the flexible board. The flexible board and the graphite sheet have a substantially S-shaped extra length absorption portion formed in at least one of the first chassis and the second chassis and having a first folding portion and a second folding portion which are curved in directions opposite to each other, are fixed to each other at a front and rear of the extra length absorption portion, and are fixed to each other at an intermediate portion between the first folding portion and the second folding portion, excluding the first folding portion and the second folding portion, by an adhesive tape.

公开(公告)号：US20230287929A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18170892

申请日：2023-02-17

Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Takayuki Morino ,  Yalu Liu ,  Tabito Miyamoto

IPC: F16C11/04

CPC classification number: F16C11/04

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis; a second chassis which is adjacent to the first chassis; a hinge device which so connects the first chassis and the second chassis as to be rotationally movable relative to each other between a first posture that the first chassis and the second chassis are so folded as to mutually overlap in a surface normal direction and a second posture that the first chassis and the second chassis are mutually arrayed in a direction which is vertical to the surface normal direction; and a display which is so installed as to range from the first chassis to the second chassis and has a folding region which is folded in accordance with relative rotational movement of the first chassis and the second chassis.

公开(公告)号：US20240419211A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18635479

申请日：2024-04-15

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Yalu Liu ,  Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Takayuki Morino ,  Haonan Xiao

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis, a display having a bending region, a support component with a support surface which supports the bending region and has a step on the support surface, a first movable component, and a second movable component. A first sheet-like member that has flexibility, extends along a longitudinal direction of the support component, and one edge portion is disposed between the bending region and the support surface, and the other edge portion is fixed to the first surface; and a second sheet-like member that has flexibility, extends along the longitudinal direction of the support component, and one edge portion is disposed between the bending region and the support surface to face the one edge portion of the first sheet-like member, and the other edge portion is fixed to the second surface.

公开(公告)号：US20220174386A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17388326

申请日：2021-07-29

Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Wenjin Niu ,  Jun Iwasaki ,  Toshikazu Horino ,  Toshinari Sumikawa ,  Shigehiro Horiuchi ,  Takehito Yamauchi ,  Yalu Liu ,  Keita Ishikawa

IPC: H04R1/04 ,  H04R19/04

Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, a microphone hole penetrating an outer wall of the chassis, and a microphone module that faces the microphone hole. The microphone module has a microphone that obtains sound information outside the chassis through the microphone hole, a flexible substrate laminated on a back surface of the microphone, a metallic plate laminated on a back surface of the flexible substrate, and a sound hole opened in the back surface of the microphone and penetrating the flexible substrate and the metallic plate. The electronic device further includes a double-sided tape fastened to a first region, surrounding the sound hole, of a back surface of the metallic plate, and to an inner surface of the chassis, and that fixes the microphone module to the chassis, and a conductive member that electrically connects the second region of the metallic plate and the inner surface of the chassis.

公开(公告)号：US20250028363A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18737011

申请日：2024-06-07

Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Inventor： Takayuki Morino ,  Moriyuki Tsuchihashi ,  Yalu Liu ,  Daisuke Takahashi

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis; a second chassis configured to be adjacent to the first chassis and connected to the first chassis to be relatively rotatable between a first posture in which the first chassis and the second chassis are stacked such that surface normal directions of the first chassis and the second chassis overlap each other, and a second posture in which the surface normal directions of the first chassis and the second chassis are disposed side by side each other on left and right sides; and a display assembly configured to be provided over between the first chassis and the second chassis, and be bent according to relative rotations of the first chassis and the second chassis.

公开(公告)号：US20240422929A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18615168

申请日：2024-03-25

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Daisuke Takahashi ,  Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Yalu Liu ,  Yusuke Onoue

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  H05K7/20

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis and a second chassis that are rotatably connected via a hinge device. A graphite sheet is disposed on an inner face of the first chassis to come in contact with a spine component in the 180-degree posture. A graphite sheet is disposed on an inner face of the second chassis to come in contact with a spine component in the 180-degree posture. A flexible board extends across the first and second chassis, and forms substantially S-shaped surplus length absorbing parts having a first folded part and a second folded part that are curved in opposite directions in the chassis. In the graphite sheet, a protective layer at the place where it comes in contact with the surplus length absorbing parts includes a sliding material.

公开(公告)号：US20240420869A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18618046

申请日：2024-03-27

Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Yalu Liu ,  Hiroaki Kinoshita ,  Takayuki Morino ,  Daisuke Takahashi

IPC: H01B7/42 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01B7/08

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis and a second chassis that are relatively rotatably connected via a hinge, and includes: a flexible board extending across the first chassis and the second chassis; and a graphite sheet disposed on the flexible board, the graphite sheet together with the flexible board extending across the first chassis and the second chassis, the flexible board and the graphite sheet having a substantially S-shaped surplus length absorbing part having two folded parts curved in opposite directions inside the first and second chassis, the flexible board and the graphite sheet adhering to each other by adhesive tape over an entire length of the surplus length absorbing part.